tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217233.post8169486715335082916..comments2023-12-17T23:44:41.675-08:00Comments on A Case of Myth-Taken Identity: Deccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217233.post-69915156761081408972010-02-11T12:18:32.938-08:002010-02-11T12:18:32.938-08:00duke,
May I suggest you have not dug deeply enough...duke,<br />May I suggest you have not dug deeply enough? The social history of the area provides extensive detail of your ancestor. And, in most cased, local newspapers, journals, county histories, etc., actually have stories of your individual ancestors that tell you much about them. Sometimes, you even find direct quotes of what they said... even in the very early years. It takes searching, but much is out there.<br /><br />Bill ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217233.post-31005065815786628962010-02-11T11:22:41.793-08:002010-02-11T11:22:41.793-08:00After many years of delving into my ancestry I fou...After many years of delving into my ancestry I found it oddly unsatisfying. Past a certin point all I got were census records, immigration lists, marriage & death records, and other specific pieces of paper with names on them. I could fabricate a tree of names but is that interesting? Not to me. As you say, the interest lies in who these people were. What they looked like. Why they moved. The motivations behind the actions. <br /><br />None of which you can get researching old records.<br /><br />The only real, and worthwhile, genealogy to me is from actual ancestors. If each of my ancestors had written down the important and interesting things in thier life so I could glance back at 500 years of history it would be fantasstic. Unfortunately none of them did. All I have are endless lists of who married who, the kids they had, where they lived, and when they died.<br /><br />There's some importantance in data like that I suppose but wasn't what I'm interested in. I'd like details but as my ancestors died they took the details with them.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070075813051886308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217233.post-45743569166570002422010-02-11T08:36:30.917-08:002010-02-11T08:36:30.917-08:00Personally, I find the more obscure folks in my an...Personally, I find the more obscure folks in my ancestor at least as interesting as any royalty or famous ones. What kept them going? Why did they move hundreds of miles to a new farm? Why did some children seek a college education and others not?<br /><br />Keep these ancestor stories coming!<br /><br />Bill ;-)<br /><br />http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/<br />Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217233.post-40719758996067181832010-02-11T04:31:07.965-08:002010-02-11T04:31:07.965-08:00John or James Campbell would definitely be extreme...John or James Campbell would definitely be extremely popular names in Scotland.<br /><br />One piece of information I found useful was that Scottish families tended to stick to specific naming patterns. For example, the first son would be named after the father’s father, the second son was named after the mother’s father etc. <br /><br />If you could find some unusual first name in the family you have identified then this might help you to track down your Scottish Campbell ancestors.Scothttp://scottishfamilyhistory.comnoreply@blogger.com